2 North Carolina resident scored $1 million lottery

2 North Carolina resident scored $1 million lottery, the two players are now $1 million times richer than before. 

The two $1 million tickets matched the five white balls in the drawing. One was sold at Adam’s Mart on Elm Lane in south Charlotte and the other at Shop N Save on Mecklenburg Highway in Mooresville, according to the lottery.

The $1 million tickets were among 26 nationally in Friday’s drawing, officials said .

A ticket in suburban Chicago won the $1.33 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the second-largest in the history of the game and third-largest in U.S. history., lottery officials said. The winner beat the odds of 1 in 303 million.